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|unit_name=12th Foreign Legion Infantry Regiment<br>(12e Régiment Étranger d'Infanterie) |
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|dates= November 6, 1939 - 1940 |
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|country= {{Flag|France}} |
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|type= [[Infantry]] |
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|size= 3,000 men |
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The '''12th Foreign Infantry Regiment''' ({{lang-fr|12e Régiment étranger d'infanterie, 12e REI}}) was an infantry regiment of the [[French Foreign Legion]] which existed from 1939 to 1940 at the beginning of the [[World War II]]. |
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==History== |
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The regiment was sent from its training camp at La Valbonne straight into action at Soissons, Picardy on 11 May 1940.<ref>{{cite book|last=Boyd|first=Douglas|title=The French Foreign Legion|year=2006|pages=251}}</ref> After fighting its way out of encirclement it was broken as a unit by 6 June 1940.<ref>{{cite book|last=Geraghty|first=Tony|title=March or Die: France and the Foreign Legion|year=1986|pages=183}}</ref> By the Armistice the remaining men, only 300 of the 2,800 men that had completed training, had reached Limoges in central France.<ref>{{cite book|last=Boyd|first=Douglas|title=The French Foreign Legion|year=2006|pages=252}}</ref> |
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==See also== |
==See also== |
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[[11th Foreign Infantry Regiment]] |
[[11th Foreign Infantry Regiment]] |
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Revision as of 16:50, 13 May 2014
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See also
11th Foreign Infantry Regiment
Notes
References
- Geraghty, Tony (1986). March or Die: France and the Foreign Legion. London: Grafton Books. ISBN 0-246-11975-6.
- Boyd, Douglas (2006). The French Foreign Legion. England: Sutton Publishing. ISBN 0-7509-3939-7.
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